This course serves as an introduction to the variety of musics found in cultures around the world outside the Western art music tradition. This course will help students:
- learn to define and use musical terminology
- learn to identify the stylistic differences resulting in sonic distinctions between musics of various cultures
- understand the historical development in and the musical consequences of the interactions between various cultures
- identify the aesthetic foundations of the musics studied
- articulate the relationship of music to social and cultural contexts in various cultures

Description:

This syllabus was submitted to the Rhodes College Office of Academic Affairs by the course instructor.